Breakfast-food compound.



ora ion- VIRGINIA B. BRIGHT, 0F FAYETTEVILLE, TENNESSEE.

BREAKFAST-FOOD COMPOUND.

No Drawing.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VIRGINIA B. BRIGHT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fayetteville, in the county of Lincoln and State ofTennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBreakfast- Food Compounds; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as Wlll enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention has for its object the providing of a new, wholesome,palatable and inexpensive breakfast food for mankind, consisting largelyof wheat bran.

As wheat bran has been proved, scientifi cally and by practical tests,to be a most valuable and healthful food for mankindbeing rich 'incertain minerals of high food values: and also as it has beendemonstrated by actual tests that wheat bran is an excellent, butnon-injurious laxative, being held by some of the most eminentphysicians as one of the very best of allknown laxatives from itspeculiar formation and what might be termed its mechanical action on thelining of the intestines, rather than from any medicinal qualities: andas it has heretofore appeared to be practically impossible to sterilizeand preserve wheat bran without losing, orneutralizing to a largeextent, its virtues as a nutritive and its laxative qualities as welland as plain, or raw wheat bran is most unpalatable to most people :-inview of all of which-one of the principal objects of this invention isto sterilize and preserve and render palatable a specific quantity ofwheat bran in a compound of other ingredients used for the purpose ofpreserving and rendering palatable the compound for a human food.

In the process of manufacturing the food compound the followingingredients are used in the proportions stated, viz:

' Measure. Weight. Bran 1% pints. 4 ounces. Sugar 10 Honey 3% Water 2%The sugar, honey, and water, in the proportlons above stated, are placedin a vessel together and boiled until, when allowed to drip from aspoon, the syrup, or candy, spins down like a brittle hair; when it hasSpecification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Mar. id, 1916.

Application filed August 25, 1914. Serial No. 858,509.

incorporated 1n, or coated over with a honey sugar candy; the stirringprocess is continued till the compound breaks up into granules of, fromthe size of a millet seed up to the size of a peanut kernel. The intenseheat of the practically boiling syrup, or candy, is sufiicient to killall germs in the bran and, as each particle of it is quickly sealedwithin the coating of the honeysugar candy none of its valuable foodproperties are lost, nor are any of the qualities that render bran anideal laxative destroyed, as is the case when any form of ordinarycooking is attempted.

If desired, after the candy stage has been reached as aboveexplained,the boiling process may be continued till the syrup slightlythickens-and small quantities of it, when dropped into cold water, willinstantly harden. When that stage is reached the specified quantity ofbran is added, a little at a time and briskly stirred just as before,but, instead of breaking up into granules by continued stirring asbefore, the additional cooking of the syrup, or candy, owing to thepresence of honey in it, causes the com pound, after the bran has beenstirred into it, to remain, while still hot, a pliant mass. It may then,before it cools, be molded or compressed, or rolled out and cut into anydesired shape-0r, after it cools and hardens, the compound may becrushed into graa ules of suitable sizes for a breakfast In the processof preparing this food compound, each particle of bran, though notcooked, is incased in a coating of crystallized honey-sugar candyhermetically sealing it and preserving it indefinitely. The honey usednot only adds nutrition to the compound, but assists in preserving thefood as well as giving it a fresh and desirable flavor. However, thefood may be made without the use of honey if desired, as the sugar-candyformed by boiling sugar alone (with Water) in the manner above stated,will coat over and preserve bran, when incorpo- 15 for the purposesspecified.

2. The here-in described food compound containing the aforesaidingredients in the following proportions, to wit:four ounces of wheatbran incorporated in; or coated with, a honey-sugar candy formed byboilmg ten ounces of sugar with three and one half ounces of honey intwo and one half ounces of water, substantially as described and for thepurposes specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VIRGINIA B. BRIGHT. Witnesses:

T. O. BAGLEY, M. M. BRIGHT.

